2 Months!
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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2 Months!
The date snuck up on me, but one of the kind gentlemen in my AA group reminded everyone that April 22 was my TWO MONTH celebration! 🎉 For those of you in early days - it gets easier. My second month of sobriety went much faster than my first!
My 2 month coin is in my pocket, and I kept rubbing it and smiling while I watched my son play (and WIN!!) his tennis matches today.
Don’t get me wrong - life is not perfect. I am unemployed, navigating a complicated moving/housing situation, and still largely ashamed to go out in public.
But I feel better than I have in YEARS. For me, sobriety means:
1.) I am a more attentive, patient mother to my 3 boys. I can listen to their feelings/fears/
excitements and participate in their lives more fully.
2.) I am a better partner to my husband. I have the energy to laugh with and help my spouse. I’m proud of his faith in me.
3.) I am treating myself well - making sure to spend time with friends, attend meetings, get 8-9 hours of sleep, and attempt some exercise each day.
Sobriety is hard. It’s new, and change is always hard for me. But I’m finding that sobriety is NOT harder than addiction (aside from the first few, awful days/weeks of withdrawal 🤦♀️).
Addiction is the hardest way to live. It stole my time and fun and pride and energy. Sobriety allows me to reclaim all of those things (a little bit at a time), so that my life improves. Even when my circumstances are rough.
Thank God for AA and SR! I’ve got a long path to walk, but I’m grateful to be headed in the right direction!
-TC
My 2 month coin is in my pocket, and I kept rubbing it and smiling while I watched my son play (and WIN!!) his tennis matches today.
Don’t get me wrong - life is not perfect. I am unemployed, navigating a complicated moving/housing situation, and still largely ashamed to go out in public.
But I feel better than I have in YEARS. For me, sobriety means:
1.) I am a more attentive, patient mother to my 3 boys. I can listen to their feelings/fears/
excitements and participate in their lives more fully.
2.) I am a better partner to my husband. I have the energy to laugh with and help my spouse. I’m proud of his faith in me.
3.) I am treating myself well - making sure to spend time with friends, attend meetings, get 8-9 hours of sleep, and attempt some exercise each day.
Sobriety is hard. It’s new, and change is always hard for me. But I’m finding that sobriety is NOT harder than addiction (aside from the first few, awful days/weeks of withdrawal 🤦♀️).
Addiction is the hardest way to live. It stole my time and fun and pride and energy. Sobriety allows me to reclaim all of those things (a little bit at a time), so that my life improves. Even when my circumstances are rough.
Thank God for AA and SR! I’ve got a long path to walk, but I’m grateful to be headed in the right direction!
-TC
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Join Date: May 2019
Location: UK
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No mean feat, TC. I had my last ever monster craving on day 55 and was pretty much out of the woods (as much as an ex-drinker can be) after that. I’m sure your confidence is already higher. You definitely shouldn’t be ashamed to go out in public, far from it. Hold your head up high because what you’ve done these last two months is tougher than what most people have ever done. Hope the tennis was good. Why not have a go yourself? Sobriety opens so many doors. You’ll be amazed what you can do.
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Join Date: Nov 2018
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Great post that shows a love and understanding of recovery. Yeah, it got better in two months, which is usually a heady experience, but I've found after 26 years that it is still getting better. While it's not suddenly dramatic as it was at first, the slow cumulative effect is far more than that original dash to the beginning of recovery. Keep it up. You are doing well, and there's lots more to come.
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“Sobriety is hard. It’s new, and change is always hard for me. But I’m finding that sobriety is NOT harder than addiction (aside from the first few, awful days/weeks of withdrawal 🤦♀️).
Addiction is the hardest way to live. It stole my time and fun and pride and energy. Sobriety allows me to reclaim all of those things (a little bit at a time), so that my life improves. Even when my circumstances are rough.”
So well said. Congratulations Tough!
Addiction is the hardest way to live. It stole my time and fun and pride and energy. Sobriety allows me to reclaim all of those things (a little bit at a time), so that my life improves. Even when my circumstances are rough.”
So well said. Congratulations Tough!
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